Team

GAMES/STARTS (regular season, playoffs) 2008 (0/0 PS-CAR). 2009 (16/3-CAR). 2010 (16/16-CAR). 2011 (0/0-CAR).  Total- 32/19 (32/19-CAR).

• Signed with the Vikings as a free agent during the 2012 offseason.  

• Spent his first three seasons in the NFL with the Carolina Panthers before coming to Minnesota.

OFF THE FIELD Born July 11, 1986 in Los Angeles, CA…Majored in political science at the University of Oregon.

PRO Signed by the Vikings on 3/21/12 as a free agent after spending the previous 3 seasons with the Carolina Panthers…Missed the entire 2011 season due to an injured right hip…Started all 16 games for the Panthers during the 2010 season…Started the first five games of 2010 at right tackle before starting at right guard for the final 11 games…Helped the Panthers rush for more than 100 yards in 8 or their last 9 games in 2010…Played in all 16 games of the 2009 season, including 3 starts…Filled in as the starting right tackle for the final 3 games after Jeff Otah suffered a season-ending injury…Helped the Panthers average 156.1 rushing yards per game and set a team record for rushing yards in a season with 2,498 in 2009…Helped clear the way for DeAngelo Williams and Jonathan Stewart to become the first set of teammates in NFL history to each rush for more than 1,1000 yards in the same season…Made the 2^nd start of his career at the New York Giants on 12/27/09 and helped the Panthers rush for 247 yards, the fifth-highest single-game total in team history…Made the first start of his career against the Vikings on 12/20/09…Signed to the Panthers practice squad on 9/3/08…Spent the entire 2008 season on Carolina’s practice squad…Released by the Panthers after training camp on 8/31/08…Originally drafted by the Panthers in the 7^th round (No. 241 overall) of the 2008 NFL Draft.

2011 Spent the entire 2011 season on injured reserve for the Panthers due to an injured right hip that he suffered in training camp.

2010 Started all 16 games for Carolina….Started the first five games at right tackle before moving to right guard…Was one of three Panthers offensive linemen to start all 16 games…Helped the Panthers rush for more than 100 yards in 8 of the last 9 games of the season, including 212

2009 Appeared in all 16 games for Carolina, including 3 starts…Appeared primarily on special teams for the first 13 games of the season…Helped the Panthers set team records with 2,498 rushing yards, 525 rushing attempts, and 123 rushing first downs…Made the first start of his career against Minnesota on 12/20/09.

2008 Spent the entire season on the Panthers practice squad…Was released by the team after training camp but was signed to the practice squad on 9/3/08…Originally drafted by the Panthers in the 7^th round (#241) of the 2008 NFL Draft.

COLLEGE Three-year starter at right tackle at the University of Oregon…Played in 41 games with 36 starts during his collegiate career…Named second-team All-Pac 10 following his senior season in 2007 in which he helped the Ducks lead the Pac-10 in rushing for a second consecutive season with an average of 251.7 yards per game…Helped pave the way for RB Jonathan Stewart to set a school single-season record with 1,722 yards rushing…Played in 12 games and started in 11 at right tackle during his junior season in 2006…Helped the Ducks offense lead the conference in rushing for the first time since 1955 with an average of 182.2 yards per game…Started in all 12 games as a sophomore at right tackle and allowed only 3 sacks as part of an offensive line that gave up the third-fewest sacks in the conference with 20…Caught a two-point conversion pass against Montana in 2005…Appeared in 4 games during his freshman season in 2004.

PREP Attended Palisades Charter HS in Los Angeles, CA…Did not allow a quarterback sack during his junior or senior seasons…Recorded 55 tackles, including 10 TFL and 2 sacks on defense…Excelled as a starting center on the basketball team and pitched for the baseball team.